Moonlight

tw for ptsd, anxiety/panic attack, depression

Ezra wakes, drowning. He gasps for air, scrambling to get up and getting tangled in something—and where is he? He needs his lightsaber, but it’s not at his side. He needs to be ready to fight, something is coming for him, something is always coming, he’s alone and never alone and— 

“Ezra!" 

His eyes focus through the dark and everything rushes back. A dream. Fears and memories haunting him. But he’s not there. He’s on the Ghost, in his bunk, staring back at Jacen.

Aziraphale nodded and winked back.

As methods of communication go, a wink is quite versatile. You can say a lot with a wink. For example, Gabriel’s wink meant:

You’re going to go down to that earthly territory and make sure those hairless monkeys don’t do anything to get in the way of the divine plan and make sure they know what it is to fear the wrath of the Almighty and behave themselves as lesser beings should.

And as far as he was concerned, Aziraphale’s answering wink meant: I shall indeed descend to the earthly plane full of gross matter and hairless monkeys and be sure to keep them in their well-deserved place, beneath our divine heel.

Whereas Aziraphale, on the other hand, thought that Gabriel’s wink was more along the lines of: You lucky beggar Aziraphale, getting to go down there and look after God’s new humans and all the exciting things they have to make and discover. Now you go down there and experience all the humans have to offer and protect them with your life.

And therefore, his own wink had meant: Message received and understood. The humans will never have a more stalwart guardian. Looking for to seeing what sushi is when it comes around.

In another timeline…

zuko and toph can basically communicate telepathically. zuko will come into toph’s room after a tough visit with azula and they’ll just sit there for a while. she’ll flick him in the arm at the exact right moment and he’ll feel better. or she’ll stomp into his room to cool off after a fight with katara, and they won’t say anything, but his waves of loving energy will bring her back down to reality. 

zuko and aang always talk in cryptic references to adventures they’ve had. aang will nudge zuko and say something like “hey. remember that guy with two belts?” and they’ll burst into giggles and refuse to explain the joke to anyone else. (you had to be there.) or they’ll be working on some new piece of policy and just fully start speaking in code. zuko will mumble something like “don’t forget bosco” and aang will derail the whole meeting to add more restrictions against exotic pet breeding.

zuko and sokka talk intensely and honestly and with a lot of poetry. it took sokka by surprise to discover just how often zuko will quote a poem rather than describe his own feelings, but after a while he got into it and now they both do it, nerds that they are. 

Unfortunately for yall, the closest book to me is my R&J script. 

Come let’s away, the strangers all are gone.

The night is coming to a close, thankfully. Penny’s feet are killing her and all she wants to do is put on her pajamas and eat ice cream with her parents. She checks the clock again for the third time in the last ten minutes, the party won’t end for another hour. 

“Wanna sneak upstairs?” Someone asks from Penny’s left. She turns to see her dad wearing a teasing smile. 

Penny rolls her eyes, “Mom will kill you if you leave early.”

“That’s where you’re wrong,” Tony says, falling in step with Penny as she starts walking again. “If you were to say...have a migraine,” he winks at her out of the corner of his eyes, “then it would be my fatherly duty to take you upstairs and get you ready for bed, now wouldn’t it.”

Penny smirks, “Do these ‘fatherly duties’ include mint chocolate chip ice cream?” 

Tony pretends to think for a moment, “Depends on how good your acting chops are.” 

Penny looks at the floor before fixing her dad with the biggest and saddest puppy eyes she can muster, allowing tears to pool in her eyes for an added effect. “D-Dad? There’re too-too many people here and everything is so loud and my head hurts so-so much,” Penny whimpers. “Can we please go home?”

Tony narrows her eyes at her, “That’s scarily good. How many times have you used that little trick on me?” Penny shrugs. Tony looks like he is going to say something more but he is interested by a man in a stuffy business coat walking over. 

“Mr. Stark, could I have a moment-”

“I’m afraid not,” Tony sighs as though he feels bad for this man in the slightest. “My daughter has a migraine and I need to take her home.” Before the man can say anything further, Tony wraps his arm around Penny and leads her to the elevators. 

Once the doors close behind the father and daughter Penny grins over at him, lifting her hand for a high five. Tony rolls his eyes but returns the gesture. 

An hour later, Tony and Penny are changed into their pajamas and are sitting on the couch with Parks and Rec playing and bowls of ice cream in front of them. Their peace is interrupted by the sharp striking of heels against the floor. Tony and Penny exchange a panicked look seconds before Pepper walks into the living room, hands on her hips. 

“Hi, mom,” Penny says weakly. 

“If you’re going to sneak away, the least you could do is let me in on your little schemes,” Pepper shakes her head. 

“Next time?” Tony offers. 

“Next time,” Pepper agrees. “Now you better have saved some ice cream for me.”

Eventually he's just handed over to SOLDIER because. "For the LAST TIME PRIVATE STRIFE, we cannot follow you into pools of pure MAKO, because you get distracted by the SHINY BALLS in them, it's dangerous."

I love time travel fanfics so I have made a list of some of my favourites 😊

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Sakura time travels

A Twist in Time by @wolf08 (Complete, T)

With Konoha on the verge of destruction, Sakura is sent on a last-resort mission to save her world by travelling to the past. Join her in coping with her old body’s shortcomings, testing the natural laws of time, falling in love all over again, and rediscovering who she is. Time-travel. SasuSaku.

Reversing Time by havanatitiana (In-progress, M)

The shinobi nations had been burnt down to the ground by the Ten Tails, but Sakura had been given a chance to change everything. To make everything right. However, and as years passed by, things would turn out to be so much more difficult than she’d ever imagined. Not your regular Time travel. Sasusaku. MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH

Bloom Again by iharalin (In-progress, T)

You made a mistake, shishō. If it was Naruto, he might have made peace with it. It’s people like me, who keeps wanting more, doesn’t know when to make peace, can’t make peace. Can’t live with being the only one alive. Can’t handle being left behind even in death. This is no last stand. This is selfishness. Sakura-centric Time Travel where for once, Team 7 chases Sakura.

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Sasuke time travels

trapped in the amber of this moment KatRoma (Incomplete, T)

Sasuke refuses to cooperate with the Akatsuki in the aftermath of Itachi’s death, wishing to remain loyal in his brother’s memory, and rather than kill him, Madara tries to send him into Kumui. Clearly something went wrong along the way, because next thing Sasuke knows, he’s waking up the day after the Uchiha Massacre in his seven-year-old body with no way back.

Divergence by The Scarlett Ribbon / @scarlett-ribbon (In-progress, T)

They die under a red sky, in mud and blood and bitter regret. Team Seven, at the end of the world…at least, until Sasuke wakes up - twelve, Sharinganless and back on his old genin team.

Better Days (Vapid Perceptions) by stover / @s-tover (Complete, T)

At five years old, Uchiha Sasuke made an extraordinary discovery: he had lived this life, just once before. 

Part of a series where Sakura and Naruto also time travel

Better Days (Clear Horizons) (In-progress, T)

At eight years old, Uzumaki Naruto comes to a startling realization: the voice in his head is not his own—and it knows his name.

Better Days (Street Cred) (In-progress, T)

At eight years old, Haruno Sakura is a hot-tempered menace with a penchant for fighting—and has the mind of a woman who’s lived this life, just once before.

Ficlet by @sun-summoning (Complete)

featuring a blatant misuse of time travel 

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Sasuke and Sakura (and/or others) time travel

An Inch of Gold by @kuriquinn (Complete, T)

Team 7 is sent on a mission to investigate a disturbance outside of the village, where they encounter an unconscious girl in a crater. The mysterious Sarada insists she’s a shinobi from the Hidden Leaf trying to rescue her teammates. When the team discovers she possesses a Sharingan, things become even more unbelievable. [Part of the Legacy of Fire Series]

Companion piece 

A Pebble Cast by @kuriquinn (Complete, T)

Sasuke and Sakura wait at home for their daughter to return from a run-of-the-mill mission. However, it seems they’ve both forgotten what kind of trouble a team including an Uchiha and an Uzumaki can get into… [Companion Piece to An Inch of Gold] [Part of the Legacy of Fire Series]

Meanwhiles and Neverweres by @kuriquinn (In-progress, T)

Kaguya has won and the last of the shinobi lie dying, but Team 7 gets the chance to risk it all on one last desperate gamble: trade this reality for another and save more than just their own lives. But time-travel is tricky, and changing the past is never as easy as it seems. [Time Travel/ Alterate Reaility /Fixit/ Character death (ish)/Non-Massacre AU / ObiRin / Eventual SasuSaku]

Retrograde by AngelQueen87 (In-progress, T) 

Three years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kaguya’s clansmen came to finish her work and take back all of the world’s chakra. The survivors have all gathered at what remains of Konoha, but there’s no end in sight. So when an opportunity to buy more time and find a solution arises, Sixth Hokage Kakashi Hatake seizes the chance to send Team 7 on one last mission. Time Travel AU

Sasuke-centric spin-off

That Time Sasuke Accidentally Ended Up in the Past (Complete, T)

An Uchiha returns to Konoha after a long absence from the village but Fugaku swears he’s never once met the man. But suspicious as he might be, he possesses the most powerful Sharingan the head of the Uchiha clan has ever witnessed and he’d be an idiot if he didn’t try to add his strength to their own. Time Travel AU that takes place in the Retrograde universe.

I Am NOT Going Through Puberty Again! by EvilFuzzy9 (Complete, T, crack-fic)

Our heroes did not come from a future where everything has gone horribly wrong. They did not travel back in time to save the world from a bleak or miserable fate. As a matter of fact, all they want to do is find a way back home as soon as possible.

Round robin by several incredible authors (Complete)

Sarada-centric time travel round robin (Alternate ending)

Away from Home by @pain-somnia (Complete, M)

Prompt: time travel w/smut

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Not technically time travel but similar

Out There by Joana789 (Complete, T)

For a moment, he aches for this different future, one he saw but one that was never his; envies this different Sasuke who was spared so much pain and so many mistakes. Then, he decides it’s high time to go back home.

faster than starlight by @sgrayonderii (Complete)

Growing old together was a luxury. Sasusaku AU.

the forward dimension by theeflowerchild / @sun–flowerseed (In-progress, M)

As Sasuke hones his jutsu, he watches himself fall in love over and over again, from dimension to dimension.

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It’s down to this I’ve got to make this life make sense Can anyone tell what I’ve done I miss the life I miss the colors of the world Can anyone tell where I am

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars: Rebels Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ezra Bridger & Hondo Ohnaka Characters: Hondo Ohnaka, Ezra Bridger Additional Tags: Light Angst, Fluff, Ezra’s sad childhood, Alternate Universe, Pre-Series, Humor Series: Part 1 of Partners Summary:

On Lothal, Hondo meets a little kid in his prison cell.

“You could join my crew, if you want a job,” Hondo offered.

But for some reason the kid’s face fell.

“You don’t want the job?” Hondo asked.

“You don’t have any credits,” the kid said.

He knew- knew that the elders didn’t tell Okkotsu-senpai the truth. Not about anything that happened in Shibuya, and certainly not about Yuuji. He had wanted to try to talk to his senpai, explain the truth about everything they’ve gone through. But then he saw Yuuji get sent flying.

Yuuji, who probably wasn’t even fully healed from Shibuya ‘cause he was a fucking idiot.

Yuuji, who was bleeding and struggling to get up because of his senpai’s attack.

Sweet, kind Yuuji, who just wanted to help people.

Megumi saw red.

Before he even knew he was moving again, Megumi was standing between Yuuji and Okkotsu, shikigami out and ready to attack. His senpai had stopped immediately upon seeing him, but Megumi ignored anything he might have said in favor of checking out Yuuji. The pink-haired boy was bleeding and barely hanging onto consciousness. “Me-gumi?” Oh Yuuji, sounding so confused when he should have known Fushiguro wouldn’t let him die again. Okkotsu’s voice suddenly cut through Megumi’s focus and the red clouding his vision came back full force.